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Hokusai

American  
[hoh-kuh-sahy, hoh-kuh-sahy, haw-koo-sahy] / ˈhoʊ kəˌsaɪ, ˌhoʊ kəˈsaɪ, ˈhɔ kʊˈsaɪ /

noun

  1. Katsushika 1760–1849, Japanese painter and illustrator.


Hokusai British  
/ ˈhəʊkʊˌsaɪ, ˌhəʊkʊˈsaɪ /

noun

  1. Katsushika (ˌkætsuːˈʃiːkə). 1760–1849, Japanese artist, noted for the draughtsmanship of his colour wood-block prints, which influenced the impressionists

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Nearly 80 exhibitors feature works from emerging talent as well as big-name artists such as Picasso, Degas, Goya, Bourgeois and Hokusai.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026

A refined 1840 Hokusai portrait of a young samurai, painted for a male patron, bears a poem praising the boy’s loveliness with a metaphor about dew-soaked branches.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 7, 2026

Additional pieces contain Murakami’s reimaginings of gilded floral motifs by Katsushika Hokusai, Ogata Korin and Ogata Kenzan; as well as the beautiful women rendered by Kikukawa Eizan.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026

Beginning this October, SAM will host a massive traveling exhibition dedicated to Hokusai, organized by MFA Boston, where Uyeda worked for 22 years before coming west to SAAM.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2023

Uncle had. once promised to show me a priceless original of Hokusai.

From The Lady and Sada San A Sequel to the Lady of the Decoration by Frances Little

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